| August
2008 |
NJSDA
announces
52 school facilities projects to be completed with the new funding.
|
| July
2008 |
Governor
Jon Corzine signs legislation
to provide $2.9 in state financing for Abbott school facilities. |
| February
2008 |
NJ
Supreme Court
gives Governor Corzine and legislators another chance
to approve new construction funds. |
| September
2007 |
NJSDA
releases First
Biannual Report
on the School Facilities Construction Program. |
| August
2007 |
DOE
Issues annual
report
on the School Facilities Construction Program, FY 2007. |
| August
2007 |
Governor
signs Legislation
establishing reforms and replacing NJSCC. |
| June
2007 |
NJ
Legislature passes reforms
to school construction program without funding. ELC
response. |
| May
2007 |
Supreme
Court rules in
Abbott XVII
on ELC's request for additional funds for school construction.
ELC
response. |
| May
2007 |
SCC
Releases 21st
Century Schools Design Manual
to provide standards for architects and engineers to ensure
development of healthy, educationally adequate and cost-effective
school facilities. |
| April
2007 |
SCC
releases Capital
Deferral Plan and Project Sequencing Strategy. |
| April
2007 |
ELC
asks NJ Supreme Court to order State officials and
the Legislature to provide funding to restart school facilities
projects. |
| February
2007 |
SCC
Chairman and CEO give School Construction Update to Joint Committee
on the Public Schools. See
presentation. |
| October
2006 |
A
national
report highlights New Jersey's success in chipping away
at the gap in expenditures for school construction between low
and high wealth districts. |
| September
2006 |
Governor's
Working Group releases third
and final report
recommending additional funding for school construction. ELC
response. |
|
August 2006
|
DOE
issues annual
2006 report
on school construction. ELC
Response. |
|
May 2006
|
Governor’s
Working Group releases second
report
announcing it will finalize reforms to the school construction
program by August, including a recommendation for additional
funds to restart numerous school projects across the state.
ELC
Response. |
|
March 2006
|
Governor’s
Working Group releases initial
report
proposing significant structural changes in the School Construction
Program. The report fails to recommend any time frame for securing
additional funding to restart stalled building projects. ELC
Response. |
|
February 2006
|
DOE
issues 2005 annual
report
on School Construction Program. ELC
Response. Governor
Jon
Corzine orders
a top-to-bottom review of NJ’s school construction program,
and appoints a Special Counsel and working group to recommend
reforms to the program. |
|
January 2006
|
Inspector
General issues third
report.
|
|
December 2005
|
NJ
Supreme Court orders
the Department of Education in Abbott XIV to estimate
the cost of over 200 stalled school facilities projects in the
state’s urban districts by February 15, 2006. Inspector General
issues second
report
on SCC. |
|
October 2005
|
Deadline
for district submission of 2005 Long Range Facilities Plans
to DOE. Most Abbott district submissions are incomplete.
|
|
August 2005
|
ELC
asks the NJ Supreme Court
to order State officials to obtain more funding from the Legislature
for school construction projects. |
|
July 2005
|
SCC
announces that the remaining $1.4 billion out of the $6 billion
will be allocated to 59
projects.
Another 200 projects currently under development by SCC will
remain stalled until additional funding is allocated.
|
|
March - April
2005
|
Acting
Governor Codey orders Inspector General to review SCC. On April
21st, IG issues report
on serious management and financial problems. All new contracts
and change orders are put on hold. ELC
Response 4-20-05 and
ELC Response 4-22-05.
|
|
Fall 2004
|
Newspapers
around the state report problems with the School Construction
Program under SCC. CEO Jack Spencer announces the funding for
Abbott schools will run out in January 2006. |
|
June 2004
|
ELC
estimates that 186 Abbott projects (35% of planned projects)
are in some stage of development, including 53 under construction.
Most health and safety projects are complete. Finding appropriate
sites is the biggest problem for many Abbott districts.
|
|
January 2003
|
Health
and safety projects are moving forward under SCC with a goal
of completion by the end of 2003. ELC estimates that 49 new
construction and renovation projects are underway. To date,
the EDA has borrowed $1.1 billion for the school facilities.
NJ Dept. of Treasury has locked up $3 billion for future financing
at current rates. |
|
July 2002
|
Governor
McGreevey signs Executive
Order #24
to streamline school construction process, creating the Schools
Construction Corporation (SCC) under EDA. The order also requires
"high performance" school buildings. New Jersey is the first
state to require this comprehensive approach to design.
|
|
December 2000
-
July 2001
|
The
Department of Education approves the five-year
facility plans
for the 30 Abbott districts with a total cost estimate of $7.3
billion, excluding
preschool facilities. |
|
July 2000
|
The
Educational
Facilities Construction and Financing Act
(EFCFA), implementing
the Abbott
V
facilities ruling, is signed into law. The Act authorizes $6
billion in bond financing for Abbott school facilities, and
designates the State Economic Development Authority (EDA) as
the agency to manage, construct and finance school facilities
projects. |
|
May 2000
|
As
Legislature debates bill to implement Abbott
V
facilities order, the Assembly Speaker asks the Supreme Court
for clarification on the State share of facilities funding.
In Abbott
VII,
the Court reaffirms its ruling that the State must fund 100%
of all needed facilities costs. |
|
September 1998
|
DOE
issues guidelines
for the five-year planning process as order by the Court.
|
|
May 1998
|
The
NJ Supreme Court in Abbott
V
accepts the Commissioner's proposal for a state managed and
funded facilities program to correct code violations, eliminate
overcrowding, and provide educationally needed spaces. The Court
directs that health and safety defects, and additional preschool
classrooms be given priority. |
|
January 1998
|
Abbott
V
Remand Judge Michael P. King estimates $2.8 billion of deficiencies
in Abbott school buildings but recommends a more detailed analysis
for each district. |
|
November 1997
|
The
Commissioner files with the Court "A
Study of School Facilities and Recommendations for the Abbott
Districts"
that partially assesses facilities needs and proposes a state
financed and managed building program. |
|
May 1997
|
In
Abbott
IV,
the NJ Supreme Court orders the Commissioner of Education to
study facilities needs in Abbott districts and to make recommendations
on addressing those needs. |
|
June 1990
|
In
Abbott
II, the NJ Supreme
Court establishes that a "thorough and efficient education requires
adequate physical facilities. |
